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Patents, Property Rights, and What Patent Policy Keeps Getting Wrong
Send us Fan Mail This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, our host and the founder of IPWatchdog, Gene Quinn, speaks with Kristen Osenga, who is the Julie & John Nowak Faculty Research Scholar & Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Richmond School of Law. Osenga discusses her path from engineering to patent law, including her time at Finnegan and her cler
Documentary Fair Use After Warhol: The Tenth Circuit Gets It Right
Did the courts just preserve documentary filmmaking as we know it? In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin Partner Scott Hervey and Associate Caroline M. Korpiel revisit the Tiger King fair use dispute and break down the Tenth Circuit’s new opinion in Whyte Monkee Productions v. Netflix. In this episode, they cover: Why the original ruling alarmed documentary filmmakers and copyright ex
知产四方馆日常分享36黄泽霆：在不同类别商品上摹仿他人的知名商标是否存在法律风险？
在不同类别商品上摹仿他人的知名商标是否存在法律风险？ 大家好！我是知产四方馆的黄泽霆，我今天分享的主题是：在不同类别商品上摹仿他人的知名商标是否存在法律风险？本文系为普法目的而创作，文中故事改编自真实案例，当事人名称以化名处理，如有雷同，纯属巧合，请勿对号入座。 【问题的提出】实践中，许多企业和个人为了借助知名商标的商誉提升自身产品的吸引力，在商标注册及使用过程中，通过摹仿、攀附他人知名商标，在不同商品或服务类别中注册或使用与知名商标近似的标志，也就是人们常说的跨界“傍名牌”。由于是在不同商品或服务类别中申请注册与知名商标近似的标志，这种商标注册申请许多都能获准注册。那么，此类商标获准注册后是否存在法律风险呢？我们来看一个案例。 【基本案情】小霆公司是一家销售汽车内饰的电子商务公司，小霆公司为了借助汽车自动驾驶领域知名公司——贝贝公司在第9类“计算机程序”等商
知产四方馆日常分享35龙利松：如何进行外观设计专利的侵权比对？
如何进行外观设计专利的侵权比对？大家好，我是知产四方馆的龙利松，我今天分享的主题是如何进行外观设计专利的侵权比对？声明：本文系为普法目的而创作的，文中故事改编自真实案例，当事人名称以化名处理，如有雷同，纯属巧合，请大家不要对号入座。今天故事的当事人是小松总，他经营着一家集设计、制造及销售为一体的小家电公司--小松公司。最近，小松总很苦恼，他们在某电商平台国际站卖的电子台灯被竞争对手小霆公司投诉侵犯了其外观设计专利权，小松总认为被投诉的电子台灯与涉案专利外观设计并不是一模一样的，怎么就侵犯了小霆公司的专利权？来咨询律师。律师说，一模一样肯定是侵权，如果两者的设计构成近似，也是侵权。根据最高院的司法判例，通常按如下步骤，判断被投诉的商品是否与涉案专利设计相同或者近似：1.以一般消费者的眼光，分别对涉案外观设计专利与涉案商品的六个视图（主视图、左视图、右视图、后视图、俯视图、仰视图）进行对比，客
Rozhovor s Renátou Šínovou
Rodinné právo v Česku se za poslední roky zásadně proměnilo a dnes zasahuje do každodenního života rodin více než kdy dřív. Advokátka a akademička Renáta Šínová v rozhovoru popisuje nové typy sporů, limity současné legislativy i potřebu větší prevence. „Dnes už neřešíme jen rozvody, ale i běžné otázky života dítěte“, říká Renáta Šínová a upozorňuje na rostoucí nároky na rodiče i právníky. Podívejt
Patent Boutiques vs. Big Law: How In-House Teams Allocate Prosecution Work
Send us Fan Mail This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, our host and the founder of IPWatchdog, Gene Quinn, speaks with Fran Cruz, who is Senior Vice President of IP Solutions for Juristat, about how data, AI, and changing corporate economics are reshaping patent prosecution business development. The conversation frames a critical market reality: in-house IP teams are under sustained pressure to reduc
Amazon v. Perplexity: Can Websites Block AI Agents?
What happens when your AI assistant can act for you, but the platform says no? In this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Richard D. Buckley, Jr. break down the high-stakes dispute between Amazon and Perplexity AI over AI agents accessing password-protected user accounts. In this episode, they cover: – What “agentic AI” means and how tools like Comet actually function – Why Ama
T 41/24 Desinfektionsmittel (Berichtigung im Beschwerdeverfahren)
In dieser Folge besprechen Fabian Haiböck und Lukas Fleischer die Entscheidung T 41/24 einer Beschwerdekammer des Europäischen Patentamts zu einem Oberflächendesinfektionsmittel mit verbleibender biozider Wirkung. Im Zentrum steht die Frage, wann ein fehlerhaftes Merkmal in einem Anspruch nach R 139 EPÜ berichtigt werden kann. Die Entscheidung zeigt: Eine Berichtigung setzt nicht nur voraus, dass
The AI Patent Team Alice Built Shares Its Prosecution Secrets
When Alice came down in 2014, much of the patent prosecution bar reacted with denial. Most practitioners hoped the USPTO, the Federal Circuit, or Congress would clean things up — and that adding some magic language to claims and specifications would eventually be enough.Eli Mazour and Ngai Zhang, separately, came to a different conclusion: there had to be a new, better way to obtain strong patents
102 | "Von der Erfindungsmeldung zum Patent" (Vortrag)
Mein Vortrag am 30. Juni 2026 um 16:30 Uhr an der IHK Rhein-Neckar in Mannheim: "Von der Erfindungsmeldung zum Patent" Jetzt anmelden unter: https://www.ihk.de/rhein-neckar/system/veranstaltungssuche/vstdetail-antrago/5232590/127676?terminId=127676 ---------- Sie haben zunächst grundlegende Fragen zu Patenten, Marken oder Designs oder/und möchten Herrn Patentanwalt Leckel kennenlernen? Dann siche
Interview with Brian McGinnis – Data as a Strategic Asset, Not a Compliance Burden – AI Governance and the Acceptable Use Policy – Website Tracking Tools and the Wiretapping Litigation Wave – IP Fridays Podcast – Episode 174
My co-host Ken Suzan and I are welcoming you to episode 174 of our podcast IP Fridays! In today’s interview, Ken Suzan interviews Brian McGinnis, partner at Barnes & Thornburg and co-chair of the firm’s data security and privacy practice, about why companies need to stop treating data privacy as a compliance burden and start treating it as a core business asset. McGinnis argue
UPC_CoA_70/2025 - Swarco ./. Strabag (Patentverletzung / Streithilfe) [IP Guests #3.2]
In dieser zweiten Folge des IP Courses Podcasts zum Fall Swarco ./. Strabag ist wieder Rechtsanwalt Alexander Koller zu Gast bei Michael Stadler und spricht sowohl über die Entscheidung der Lokalkammer Wien des Einheitlichen Patentgerichts (UPC) als auch über Themenkomplexe aus dem Rechtsmittelverfahren. Ausgangspunkt ist weiterhin die Montage von Anzeigetafeln im Bereich einer österreichischen A
Design Patents: Building Better Moats
When most people think or speak generally about patents, they’re really talking about utility patents – or patents that are primarily concerned with how an invention is used and how it works. But as it turns out, this is just one specific type of patent on the complete menu of options available for protecting your innovations. Another option, called a design patent, exists to – additionally or alt
At the Intersection of Biotech and AI with Janice Vatland
Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting nearly everything in society these days, including the world of biotechnology and life sciences. In this episode of IP Talk with Wolf Greenfield, Janice Vatland, a Shareholder in Wolf Greenfield's Biotechnology practice, explains important IP considerations for turning groundbreaking discoveries that utilize AI into lasting business value. With nearly 25
Inventor Gil Hyatt's gift to America — will America accept it?
President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick pride themselves on being dealmakers and on making the kind of unconventional deals for America no one else could have gotten done. Gil Hyatt is offering them one that sounds like a no-brainer. However, the question remains whether that dealmaking reputation is enough to overcome thirty years of inertia from prior administrations focused on opp
101 | Sperrveröffentlichung statt Patentanmeldung
In welchen Fällen man sich an Stelle einer Patentanmeldung mit einer Sperrveröffentlichung begnügen kann und was eine Sperrveröffentlichung ist. ---------- Sie haben zunächst grundlegende Fragen zu Patenten, Marken oder Designs oder/und möchten Herrn Patentanwalt Leckel kennenlernen? Dann sichern Sie sich ein kostenfreies persönliches Erstgespräch (20 Min., online) am nächsten "IP Day" unserer Kan
College Meets IP: The Intellectual Property of Higher Education
College may be one of pop culture's favorite settings, but behind the scenes, universities are serious intellectual property owners. Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushue explore how colleges use trademark, copyright, and licensing to protect logos, mascots, colors, slogans, and other brand assets across athletics, merchandise, and media. Using Rudy, Blue Chips, and The Social Network as touchpoints, t
Comment le Collectif d’actifs en innovation aide les entreprises du secteur des technologies propres à réussir
Le Collectif d’actifs en innovation (CAI) s’est donné pour mission d’aider les entreprises du secteur des technologies propres à prendre conscience de la valeur de leur PI. Véronique Pagé, ancienne vice-présidente, analyses et transactions en PI, au CAI, s’appuie sur des exemples concrets pour montrer sur quels aspects d’une stratégie de PI les entreprises du secteur des technologies propres doive
If You're Not Firsts, You're Lasts: Intellectual Property Lasts
In pop culture, "last" often just means "for now." In intellectual property law, it means something much more concrete. In this episode of IP Goes Pop®, Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushue explore what "last" really means across film, TV, music, and IP law. From The Last Samurai and The Last Jedi to Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Last of Us, "last" builds emotion, but rarely signals the end. In I
Interview with Deborah A. Hampton – President of the International Trademark Association – 2026 INTA Annual Meeting – Anti Counterfeiting – Presidential Task Force for Unifying IP Protection & Enforcement Strategy – IP Fridays Podcast – Episode 173
Register for the 2016 INTA Annual Meeting at https://inta.org !! In a recent episode of the IP Fridays podcast, I spoke with Deborah Hampton, President of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and Global Brand Enforcement and Trademark Team Leader at the Chemours Company. I am Rolf Claessen and my co-host Ken Suzan and I are welcoming you to episode 173 of our podcast IP Fri